Indicator stalk anyone?

My lights have failed on my L reg 200tdi. Ive checked the fuses, all OK. Ive
still got sidelights and the flash still works when you pull the stalk but
Ive got no dip or main beam. I assume that the switch has gone in the stalk.

Firstly, do I assume right? Are there any more checks I can do to confirm my
diagnosis?

Secondly, Does anyone have one they want to sell? I would buy one from ebay
or somewhere similar but I just dont fancy playing roulette and getting a
bad one.

Thanks
Ben

Ben & Claire wrote:

> Secondly, Does anyone have one they want to sell? I would buy one from ebay
> or somewhere similar but I just dont fancy playing roulette and getting a
> bad one.

Probably one on the Corpse. Where are you ? If you're near Manchester
you can come and take it off yourself.

Steve

"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Ben & Claire wrote:
>
>> Secondly, Does anyone have one they want to sell? I would buy one from
>> ebay or somewhere similar but I just dont fancy playing roulette and
>> getting a bad one.
>
> Probably one on the Corpse. Where are you ? If you're near Manchester you
> can come and take it off yourself.
>
> Steve

Im in Cheltenham but Ive got to go to Liverpool next weekend for a couple of
days, so a trip out may be nice. Check your emails for my mobo number.

Ben

On or around Tue, 23 May 2006 21:04:23 GMT, "Ben & Claire"
<cm005c2224@(nospam)blueyonder.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>My lights have failed on my L reg 200tdi. Ive checked the fuses, all OK. Ive
>still got sidelights and the flash still works when you pull the stalk but
>Ive got no dip or main beam. I assume that the switch has gone in the stalk.
>
>Firstly, do I assume right? Are there any more checks I can do to confirm my
>diagnosis?
>
>Secondly, Does anyone have one they want to sell? I would buy one from ebay
>or somewhere similar but I just dont fancy playing roulette and getting a
>bad one.

check that it's not a relay somewhere. and check that you've got the
correct wattage bulbs, putting 100/80s in which some people do is a good way
of overloading the switchgear.
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i am not sure if you have a landrover or discovery, but they might be
same switches .
both my landrovers lost headlights, it was the main headlight/sidelight
on/off switch .

think they are 14 quid from paddocks , thats cheap .

the contacts in the switch get hot and then melt the plastic supporting
them, then they wont line up .
you can get sidelights but maybe not headlights , or the headlights may
come on if you wiggle the switch .

i have rewired my landy 90 and wired relays from the alternator output
to the headlights, the main switch only switches the relays for the dip
or main beam , it doesnt carry the full current for lights anymore and
also my lights are twice as bright as they used to be .

original landrover wiring produces a voltage drop in the headlight
wiring .

check youre bulbs first though , may have blown the filaments .

main light switch is easy enough to change , you really do need to put
a new one in if the old ones melted , they have a multiway plug
connecting to main harness .

there are separate fuses for headlights and side lights etc , but i
guess youve tested all of them .

not sure if you have blade type fuses or barrel type older style .

youre main/dip stalk may be ok , its more than likely the main on/off
light switch thats gone .

if you wiggle it on you may find the lights intermittently come on ,
sure sign its failed and melted .

the switch isnt capable of handling the current for the lights, they
are all the same , i have a 1986 and 1995 landy , both suffered same
fate with light switch .

if you say the main beam flasher is working then i think that points
towards a failed on/off light switch and not the stalk .






Ben & Claire (nospam) wrote:
> My lights have failed on my L reg 200tdi. Ive checked the fuses, all OK. Ive
> still got sidelights and the flash still works when you pull the stalk but
> Ive got no dip or main beam. I assume that the switch has gone in the stalk.
>
> Firstly, do I assume right? Are there any more checks I can do to confirm my
> diagnosis?
>
> Secondly, Does anyone have one they want to sell? I would buy one from ebay
> or somewhere similar but I just dont fancy playing roulette and getting a
> bad one.
>
> Thanks
> Ben

Ben & Claire (nospam) wrote:
> My lights have failed on my L reg 200tdi. Ive checked the fuses, all OK. Ive
> still got sidelights and the flash still works when you pull the stalk but
> Ive got no dip or main beam. I assume that the switch has gone in the stalk.
>
> Firstly, do I assume right? Are there any more checks I can do to confirm my
> diagnosis?
>
> Secondly, Does anyone have one they want to sell? I would buy one from ebay
> or somewhere similar but I just dont fancy playing roulette and getting a
> bad one.
>
> Thanks
> Ben

I've got one knocking around somewhere if you get stuck

Dave